Demographics are tilting in their favor. We're in a new century now. At some point a crime organization is going to reach the rock star status that the mafia had in the middle 20th century. Russians, Mexican Mafia (la Eme), and the Mexican cartels are still too secretive (at least on this side of the border). That whole El Chapo/Sean Penn thing could be a glimpse into the future, but I doubt it because cartels are too brutal in nature to become mainstream in the U.S. Then again, an Americanized issue of a cartel family could end up being what Cosa Nostra was. A "Castellammarese" type war between U.S. based cartels and The Mexican Mafia? If the cartel wins, that alone is a complete game changer on Southern California's streets, and, again, the demographics are there. I read somewhere that some experts believe more than half of Surenos now (gang members loyal to la Eme) could be Mexican-born.